Premium Plan Overview

This page is only for customers with the Google Maps APIs Premium Plan, which became
available in January 2016. The Premium Plan is no longer available for new customers.

Have the Premium Plan or a previous license?
To determine which license you have:
> In the Google Cloud Support Portal,
click Maps: Usage Report on the left.
> Does the ID at the top of the report have the following format? gme-[company] & proj-[number] ([type])
If yes, you have the Premium Plan.
If no, you have a previous license
(Maps APIs for Work or Maps API for Business).

Welcome to the Google Maps APIs Premium Plan

After you sign up for the Google Maps APIs Premium Plan, you'll receive a
Welcome letter from Google at the contact email address you provided.
Your Welcome letter contains the following important information,
so make sure you keep it handy:

1 The Places API is not included with the
Premium Plan Asset Tracking License. If you have an Asset Tracking
License, and you want to use the Places API, then contact the Google Maps
APIs Sales team.

Note: The Places SDK for Android and the Places SDK for iOS are
not available for sale, and therefore are not included with the
Premium Plan.

APIs provisioning

We've enabled all of the APIs you purchased in your
Google Cloud Platform Console project.
To access the console, sign in with your
Google Account,
and then select your project ID, which starts with
Google Maps APIs for Business or Google Maps for Work or Google Maps. You'll find both your account and project ID in your
Welcome letter.

Authentication and authorization

To make requests to our APIs, you must authenticate your application with either an API key or
your client ID. In addition, requests for some APIs also require digital signatures.

API key

You can use an API key to authenticate requests to any of our APIs. To create your key, you'll
use the Google Cloud Platform Console project associated with your project ID. By using an API key, you can:

Client ID

Instead of an API key, you can use your client ID to make requests to any of the
APIs except the following: Places API, Geolocation API,
Roads API, Maps SDK for Android, and Maps SDK for iOS.

By using your client ID, you can:

View usage reports with more than 30 days of data in the Google Cloud Support Portal

Add the channel parameter to requests so you can view more detailed usage
reports

Use Maps Analytics tools for the Maps JavaScript API

Digital signatures

In addition to an API key or client ID, requests to some APIs also require a unique digital
signature to access the quota and features of your Premium Plan. You can generate digital
signatures using the private cryptographic key provided in your Welcome letter (and available
in the Google Cloud Support Portal). Specifically, you'll need to use digital signatures if you use:

A client ID with the web service APIs, Maps Static API,
or Street View Static API

An API key with the Maps Static API or
Street View Static API

For more information

For detailed instructions on using an API key or client ID, and generating digital signatures,
refer to the authentication documentation for each API:

Usage rates and limits

To learn about how your application consumes Maps APIs Credits and the usage limits available
with the Google Maps APIs Premium Plan, see Usage Rates and
Limits.

Reporting

The Google Maps APIs Premium Plan provides you with access to detailed reports on your
application's usage, including requests made, credits consumed, errors returned, and more.
For more information about reporting tools and the data they provide,
see Reporting Overview.

FAQs

If you have questions about Google Maps Platform, see our frequently asked questions (FAQs):

Pre-launch checklist

We've put together a checklist of
key steps to take to help you get started developing your application with the
Premium Plan.

Getting help

As a Google Maps APIs Premium Plan customer, you can access the Google Cloud Support Portal, where
you can find support contact information and access exclusive
tools and resources. For details, see Support and Resources.

Renewing your license

If you're renewing your Google Maps APIs for Work license, Maps API for Business
license, or a previous version of the Premium Plan purchased in 2015,
see the following resources for additional information: